Brand new bike, at this point with 400 miles on it nothing has gone wrong with the unit to my knowledge.
Bike acceleration is good. Does seem to be a very short pause at start up.
Drivers seat is not too bad, but could use a little more padding.
Passenger seat is too small and needs a lot more padding.
At 400 miles I have used 2 tanks of gas, and the MPG is way off from the 82 MPG claimed by Suzuki. 54 MPG on first tank and 49 on second tank.
Perhaps after the bike is broken in, you will achieve better gas mileage. Most 250cc bikes should get AT LEAST 60 mpg. People that I know who have your same model of bike get around 70 mpg.
With small gas tanks, you can figure mileage wrong too. With a car it is easiest to just fill it to the automatic shutoff and call that a full tank. With a small gas tank, you could be off a lot by doing this. If you keep on keeping track of the mileage with a running total of gallons used and miles driven, I think you'll find you get better mileage. I get 70 mpg with my 2007 GZ250 with in-town and secondary road riding. I also keep the speed at 50 or lower.
When you consider I get 33mpg with my Toyota Corolla, 70 is not that good, but compared to bikes that get 40 mpg it certainly is. If the companies tried, they could get mileage up.
I also own a 2009 V star 250 and it gets 70 mpg too, so far on 3 tanks of gas. Dan.
I have a 2008 GZ250, and I have measured the mileage at the same station, with my motorcycle parked in the same spot at the same angle each time, very carefully noting the full line. I have measured as low as 72mpg and as high as 82mpg, but I am averaging 76mpg. I rarely exceed 50mph and drive fairly conservatively shifting at fairly low RPM. I live in Dallas where there are few hills.
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